laurel

英 [ˈlɒrəl]

美 [ˈlɔːrəl]

n.  月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀

复数：laurels　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14374 / COCA.13523

习惯用语

n.

look to your laurels
• 小心翼翼地保持成就（或优势）
  to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people
rest/sit on your laurels
• 满足于既得成就；不思进取
  to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more

牛津词典

noun

• 月桂灌木；月桂树
  a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year
• 荣誉；赞誉；荣耀
  honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved

柯林斯词典

• 月桂（树）
  Alaurelor alaurel treeis a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.
• PHRASE 不思进取；故步自封
  If someone isresting ontheirlaurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
  1. The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
     委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满，不思进取。
  2. The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
     政府不能故步自封，必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。

英英释义

noun

• (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
  Synonym:laurel wreathbay wreath
• any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

双语例句

• He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
  他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势。
• Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
  戴上王冠的，或好象戴上象征胜利的桂冠的。
• The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon
  委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满，不思进取。
• FOR Chinese writer Mo Yan, the laurel of the Nobel Prize may be literary gold.
  对中国作家莫言来说，诺贝尔文学奖的桂冠可能是文学金牌。
• The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
  政府不能故步自封，必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。
• The broad-leaved forest is vast, with well-grown trees. Broadleaf evergreen shrub such as laurel, rhododendron, etc.
  这片阔叶林面积很大，树木长势很好。阔叶长绿灌木，如月桂、北美杜鹃花等。
• Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath.
  由于重大的成就而被授奖的人；比喻地说成是头上戴桂冠花圈的人。
• She is holding a laurel crown in her left hand and a palm leaf in her right hand.
  她左手举着月桂花冠，右手拿着棕榈叶。
• I've seen lots of laurel and Hardy films.
  我看过很多劳莱和哈代拍的电影。
• The Cross of Honour and the Laurel Crown will not be bought and sold for filthy lucre.
  桂冠和勋章不能用不义之财来进行买卖。